Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Authentication

Timestamp:

11/07/13 04:51:31 (7 years ago)

Author:

Antoine Martin

Comment:

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Authentication

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 When using the "{{{file_auth}}}" module, one must specify the extra command line argument "{{{--password-file=FILENAME}}}" to point to the authentication data.
 
-This file must contain one user per line using the format:
+When this file is used without the [/wiki/ProxyServer Proxy Server], one can simply place the password to use directly in that file.
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+== File Authentication with the [/wiki/ProxyServer Proxy Server] ==
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+When used with the proxy server, the password file should contain one user per line using the format:
 {{{
 USERNAME|PASSWORD|UID|GID|SESSION_URI|ENV_VARS|SESSION_OPTIONS
 }}}
+
 Details:
+* {{{USERNAME}}} and {{{PASSWORD}}} are used for authentication
+* {{{UID}}} and {{{GID}}} are used for the new proxy process (and can be set to {{{nobody}}})
 * {{{SESSION_URI}}} is the usual xpra connection string of the actual target session, ie:
 {{{
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 * {{{ENV_VARS}}} is an optional attribute which can contain ";" separated name-value pairs which will affect the environment of the new process spawned after authentication.
 * {{{SESSION_OPTIONS}}} is an optional attribute which can contain ";" separated name-value pairs which will override the client's connection settings and apply to the connection between the proxy and the real server only.
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-Note: for backwards compatibility, the {{{file_auth}}} module also supports a single password on a single line in the password file. (this is deprecated)
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